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PGP on Trivial Posts -- Who The Hell Cares?

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From: John Cooley
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 00:00
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Travis Corcoran <tjic@porsche.icd.teradyne.com> wrote:
>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

  [ All the quoting part of this message deleted. ]

>It seems to me that statements #2 - #5 not only do not contradict
>statement #1 (that New England is run by leftists), but go pretty far
>to back up such a statement...
>
>- -- 
>TJIC (Travis J.I. Corcoran)                            TJIC@icd.teradyne.com
>                              Member EFF, NRA, GOAL
>                  opinions(TJIC) != opinions(employer(TJIC))            	
>        "Buy a rifle, encrypt your data, and wait for the Revolution!"
>PGP encrypted mail prefered- mail for key.  Ask me about mail-secure for EMACS.
>
>
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What is this big deal with massive PGP signatures on trivial posts?  Who the
hell cares if Travis Corcoran thinks that New England is run by leftists?
(No offence to you Travis.  It's just that I don't think you're going to
get the police knocking at your door asking: "Did you post this?" with you
saying: "Uh.  Officer....   Let's check the PGP....   Uh....")

I could understand if this was something truely serious, but cluttering up
posts with PGP signature THAT NOBODY'S EVER GOING TO CHECK does seem like
a massive waste of time & visual space.

  - John Cooley

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From: jcooley@world.std.com (John Cooley)
Subject: PGP on Trivial Posts -- Who The Hell Cares?
Date: 1995/06/17
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